brulé
or bru·lée
(in the Pacific Northwest) an area of forest destroyed by fire.
Canadian. land covered with rocks or scrub growth.
Origin of brulé
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a member of a North American Indian people belonging to the Teton branch of the Dakota.
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How to use brulé in a sentence
Van den Brule says Luci is an opportunity to build a brighter future for Haiti: a way of using the sun to break the poverty cycle.
Luci: A Revolutionary Solar-Powered Lantern That Shines a Light on Poverty | Janine di Giovanni | May 26, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST“We deliberately chose a woman's name, as it incarnates empathy and a deliberately feminine aesthetic,” Van den Brule told me.
Luci: A Revolutionary Solar-Powered Lantern That Shines a Light on Poverty | Janine di Giovanni | May 26, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIt was in 2012, in post-earthquake Haiti, and Van den Brule, having worked in there for years, was brainstorming.
Luci: A Revolutionary Solar-Powered Lantern That Shines a Light on Poverty | Janine di Giovanni | May 26, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTVan den Brule is not a rock star like Bono or Baez, nor is she famous, but she had a dream.
Luci: A Revolutionary Solar-Powered Lantern That Shines a Light on Poverty | Janine di Giovanni | May 26, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTBrule Marston met her about the same time, and then the mischief started.
The Man from Jericho | Edwin Carlile Litsey
Brule's approach was heralded by the arrival of a single canoe paddled by Indians who told that a white man was on his way.
Ethel Morton at Chautauqua | Mabell S. C. Smith"S'pose old Fox cud nibble round the brule," continued Yankee, nodding his head toward his sorrel horse.
The Man From Glengarry | Ralph ConnorLa nuit il faisoit un froid insuportable, et le jour on etoit brule des ardeurs du Soleil.
Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia | Phillip Parker KingJust then a piece of white, newly-tanned deerskin was hoisted up in the center of the bois brule encampment.
Indian Boyhood | [AKA Ohiyesa], Charles A. Eastman
British Dictionary definitions for Brule
Brl
/ (bruːˈleɪ) /
(sometimes not capital) short for bois-brûlé
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